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Category : Flower decoration
Languages : en
Pages : 856
Book Description
The Household Journal
Garden and Home Builder
Author: Garden & Home Builder
Author: William Tyler MillerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The Garden Magazine
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Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 710
Book Description
Garden Magazine and Home Builder
Author: The Literary Digest
Author: Edward Jewitt WheelerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
Unearthing The Secret Garden
Author: Marta McDowellPublisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 1604699906
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Marta McDowell returns with a beautiful, gift-worthy account of how plants and gardening deepy inspired Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of the beloved children's classic The Secret Garden.
Literary Digest
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Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 1294
Book Description
Digest
Author: The Bulb Hunter
Author: Chris WiesingerPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1623490022
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Dubbed the Bulb Hunter in a 2006 New York Times feature story, Chris Wiesinger took his passion for bulbs to vacant lots, abandoned houses, cemeteries, and construction sites throughout the South in search of botanical survivors whose descendants had never seen the inside of a big-box chain store. The vintage specimens Wiesinger sought came from hardy, historic stock, adapted to human neglect and hot climates, reappearing faithfully over decades without care or cultivation. Traveling back roads, speaking to strangers, looking for the telltale color of a remnant iris or lily, Wiesinger started digging, then began trying to grow and share the bulbs he collected. From its humble beginnings on an East Texas sweet potato farm, his Southern Bulb Company has now grown into a full-fledged business known throughout the world, propagating and selling the rare, tough, heritage plants Wiesinger still seeks out and champions. Nicknamed “Flower” by his fellow cadets at Texas A&M University, Wiesinger relates his adventures in bulb hunting, telling stories of the bulbs he has discovered and weaving in his own life story as a student, plantsman, and small business owner. He then teams with veteran horticulturist William C. Welch to provide advice on how to grow and appreciate the bulbs that have been rescued and reintroduced. This “primer” gives gardeners information on what bulbs to grow where, when to plant them and when they bloom, and how to incorporate them with other plants in the landscape. Finally, Welch describes how bulbs have enhanced his personal gardens and brought him and Wiesinger together in the common cause of heirloom gardening. Entertaining, informative, and loaded with beautiful photographs, The Bulb Hunter is sure to be a favorite of gardeners and plant lovers everywhere.